Wilton Street Improvement Start Planned This Summer
County plans land acquisition this year for the first phase of Wilton Street widening from Long Beach Boulevard to California Avenue. The $3 to $4 million project, funded partly by federal money, aims for a 90 foot roadway with two traffic lanes and plus parking lanes. Phase two covers California to Cherry Avenue, with three total phases through Long Beach and Signal Hill.
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Long Beach Boulevard
California Avenue
Iry Morhar
Long Beach Health Department
Morhar
Wilkow Street
Redondo Avenue
Washington
Marhar Re
Long Beach
Sighal Hill
California
Cherry Avenue
New Navy Standard Missile to Replace Older Weapons
A new multi purpose Standard missile is being built for the Navy to replace the Tartar and Talos systems. General Dynamics says the Standard will be fully capable against surface targets and fit on ships and aircraft. Long Beach based ships including Beach Topeka Bainbridge Sterett England Truxtun Berkeley Wad dell Decatur will receive Stand ards while the Talos system remains unchanged. Range is undisclosed. The pilot fires the missile which uses a self contained radar homing guidance system to seek its target.
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General Dynamics
Long Beach
Beach
Topeka
Bainbridge
Sterett
England
Gridley
Truxtun
Berkeley
Waddell
Decatur
Woman Fends Off Break-In With a Triggered Shot
A Long Beach woman Jean N Heard aged 38 at 1831 East Second Street woke to intruders breaking in through a bed room window drapes. She seized a gun and fired one shot striking no one as the hand appeared. The assailants fled into darkness, officers said.
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Jean N. Heard
E. Second St
Classified Ad Solves 38 Year Old Riddle
A San Pedro woman’s classified ad in Independent Press Telegram reunites Cora Myers in Fallbrook with her Pennsylvania half sister Cora Ternines. Hartz family members await news from Harrisburg as Myers explains years of missed mail and a move after her husband’s death. The discovery follows a friend spotting a clue and a call that finally connects the families after decades.
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Evangeline Hall
Michele
Sheree
Scott
Cora Myers
Fallbrook
Myers
Stetf Shete
San Pedro
Press-Telegram
Pennsylvania
Long Beach
Hall
County Registrar of Vot
Edward Hartz
Cora Ternines
Herne Talloches
Military Rite for 3 CAP Members in Crash
A funeral service will honor three Civil Air Patrol members from the Long Beach area who died in a light plane crash near Elsinore last Sunday. A 11 a.m. Saturday ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress will include a nine aircraft CAP flyover. Captain Robert Norris 28 and his wife 2nd Lieutenant Lana Norris 24, died with Cadet Ronald Hen As 19 of Lakewood and Magnate G. Rokes 56 of Lynwood. Rokes rites were held today at the Lynwood stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Norrises had been living with his mother Louella Norris at 1619 Gardenia Ave before moving to Lynwood.
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Long Beach Area
Civil Air Patrol
Elsinore
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cypress
Robert Norris
Lana Norris
Canel
Ronald Hen As
Lakewood
G. Rokes
Lynwood
Rokes
Lyn- Wood
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Norrises
Louella Neris
Gardenia Ave
Convalescent Home Approved in Mixed Zoning Area
The Planning Commission approved construction of four convalescent homes at 4001 E. 10th St in an A-4 zone adjoining a C-3 area. Projected to serve up to 99 patients, the facility requires a zone exception since about one third of the building encroaches into the R-4 zone. Paul F. McKenzie Jr. represented owner Annie L. Van Hafgaarden. the site has previously operated as a nursery.
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E. 10Th St
Planning Commission
Paul F. Mckenzie Jr
Annie L. van Hafgaarden
McKenzie
Thrift and Speed Ad Tops For Buying and Selling
A want ad dominates with thrift convenience and speed in transactions. Call HE 23-5938 to buy or sell quickly.
Accused Strangler of Woman Insane
Robert Willard Liberty 19 was found innocent by reason of insanity in the June 4 1966 strangling of Westminster woman Mrs Marcella Landis 31. Judge William C Speirs ordered a May hearing on mental state. Liberty was arrested after calling police and asking how to report a killing. He was confined at Atascadero State Hospital for nine months before return to Orange County for trial.
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Robert Willard Liberty
Westminster
Orange County Superior Court
William C. Speirs
Santa Ana
Liberty
Atascadero State Hospital
Orange County
Mrs Pershe A Seafaring Mother Dies In California
Mrs Christine Pershe known as mother to seamen and longshoremen died Tuesday at 65. She chaired the Catholic Maritime Club in Wilmington for 19 years and aided mariners in need. Survived by husband John two daughters Jane Pershea and Margaret Kelly two brothers Frank and William Zinil and two grandchildren Halverson Mortuary Torrance in charge
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Christine Pershe
Nativity Church
Carson
John
Jane Pershea
Margaret Kelly
Frank
William Zinil
Halverson Mortuary
Torrance
Mormons Plan Spring Fling at Glendale Civic Auditorium
More than 2,000 college age members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Long Beach and other areas converge on Glendale Civic Auditorium Saturday for the annual Spring Fling. Activities begin at 2 p.m with a rodeo and the selection of a campus queen and two princesses.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Long Beach
Glendale Civic Auditorium
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Robert F. Crow
Jess D. Gilkerson
Clark Avenue
Studebaker Road
Signal Hill
George Deukmejian
Joseph M. Kenrick
Michael Cullen
Navy
Buck Lanier
George Laine
Daughter
Mama
Ant Cora
Mrs. Hall
Coral
Carter Hall
Western Pacific
Harrisburg, Pa
Edward
Hartz
David
Jerry
Clarence
Edith
Esther
Alma
Grace
Ronald Hankins
Zenith
Pacific Ave
Eith
Orm
Advance
Woodruff Ave
Westminster Ave
Marcella Landis
Genith
Eee
Les Criere
Hi 6
Berghan
Viking Way
Pete & Fred
Pete
Fred
CE Ree
Lee GE
Jeu
Atlantic Ave
McMahan
Aly
Wikmimaren Stork
Wemahan
Long Basch Biv
Wilmington
Avalon
Anaheim
BatlHowar
Horace Green
Your Hardware and Fine
Bellflower Blvd
Los Altos Center
Knolls Center
Foresters
Emmyte
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